Knowing full well this adds nothing to the discussion -- I've been working on improvements of Matilda that have it with win rates of 95% against the version that played sunday. :)
I'm very much looking forward to a rematch with Iomrascálaí. Gonçalo On 10/05/2016 08:45, Urban Hafner wrote: > That sounds like a good compromise to me. And the lower devision would > hopefully encourage other participants with weaker bots so that Iomrascálaí > and matilda don’t feel so alone. ;) > > Urban > > On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Nick Wedd <mapr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> At present, KGS bot tournaments are run as Swiss tournaments. Entry is >> restricted to bots able to beat GNU Go, which is rated at 7k. >> >> Two suggestions have been made recently for changes in the structure. One >> is to allow bots of any strength to enter, and to have two divisions, with >> those unable to beat GNU Go in the lower division. The other is to use >> McMahon instead of Swiss. >> >> A problem with McMahon is that the scheduling software (a module of the >> KGS server, which I have no control over) uses the ratings assigned by KGS, >> and many bots do not have such ratings. I don't think it's reasonable to >> require all entrants to have rated bot status. Rated bot status is granted >> only to *stable* bots, ones which do not change rapidly in strength and >> thereby upset the ratings of their opponents. I think it's fine for >> someone to enter an experimental bot of unknown strength in a tournament, >> but such a bot cannot have a KGS rating. >> >> Maybe we could combine the two suggestions. Have two divisions: upper >> division McMahon, with entrants required to have KGS ratings of 7k or >> better; lower division open. I would like to hear people's views on this - >> and any more suggestions they have. >> >> Nick >> -- >> Nick Wedd mapr...@gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Computer-go mailing list >> Computer-go@computer-go.org >> http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > Computer-go@computer-go.org > http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
